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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
5changing Section 13-225 as follows:
 
6    (735 ILCS 5/13-225)
7    Sec. 13-225. Trafficking victims protection Predator
8accountability.
9    (a) In this Section, "involuntary servitude", "labor
10trafficking", "sex trade", and "victim of the sex trade" have
11the meanings ascribed to them in Section 10 of the Trafficking
12Victims Protection Predator Accountability Act.
13    (b) Subject to both subsections (e) and (f) and
14notwithstanding any other provision of law, an action under the
15Trafficking Victims Protection Predator Accountability Act
16must be commenced within 10 years of the date the limitation
17period begins to run under subsection (d) or within 10 years of
18the date the plaintiff discovers or through the use of
19reasonable diligence should discover both (i) that the sex
20trade, involuntary servitude, or labor trafficking act
21occurred, and (ii) that the defendant caused, was responsible
22for, or profited from the sex trade, involuntary servitude, or
23labor trafficking act. The fact that the plaintiff discovers or

 

 

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1through the use of reasonable diligence should discover that
2the sex trade, involuntary servitude, or labor trafficking act
3occurred is not, by itself, sufficient to start the discovery
4period under this subsection (b).
5    (c) If the injury is caused by 2 or more acts that are part
6of a continuing series of sex trade, involuntary servitude, or
7labor trafficking acts by the same defendant, then the
8discovery period under subsection (b) shall be computed from
9the date the person abused discovers or through the use of
10reasonable diligence should discover (i) that the last sex
11trade, involuntary servitude, or labor trafficking act in the
12continuing series occurred, and (ii) that the defendant caused,
13was responsible for, or profited from the series of sex trade,
14involuntary servitude, or labor trafficking acts. The fact that
15the plaintiff discovers or through the use of reasonable
16diligence should discover that the last sex trade, involuntary
17servitude, or labor trafficking act in the continuing series
18occurred is not, by itself, sufficient to start the discovery
19period under subsection (b).
20    (d) The limitation periods in subsection (b) do not begin
21to run before the plaintiff attains the age of 18 years; and,
22if at the time the plaintiff attains the age of 18 years he or
23she is under other legal disability, the limitation periods
24under subsection (b) do not begin to run until the removal of
25the disability.
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1during a time period when the plaintiff is subject to threats,
2intimidation, manipulation, or fraud perpetrated by the
3defendant or by any person acting in the interest of the
4defendant.
5    (f) The limitation periods in subsection (b) do not
6commence running until the expiration of all limitations
7periods applicable to the criminal prosecution of the plaintiff
8for any acts which form the basis of a cause of action under
9the Trafficking Victims Protection Predator Accountability
10Act.
11(Source: P.A. 94-998, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
12    Section 10. The Predator Accountability Act is amended by
13changing Sections 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 45 as follows:
 
14    (740 ILCS 128/1)
15    Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
16Trafficking Victims Protection Predator Accountability Act.
17(Source: P.A. 94-998, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
18    (740 ILCS 128/5)
19    Sec. 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to allow
20persons who have been or who are subjected to the sex trade,
21involuntary servitude, or labor trafficking to seek civil
22damages and remedies from individuals and entities that
23recruited, harmed, profited from, or maintained them in the sex

 

 

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1trade or involuntary servitude or subjected them to labor
2trafficking.
3(Source: P.A. 94-998, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
4    (740 ILCS 128/10)
5    Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
6    "Involuntary servitude" means any act in which a person
7knowingly subjects, attempts to subject, or engages in a
8conspiracy to subject another person to labor or services
9obtained or maintained through any of the following means, or
10any combination of these means:
11        (1) causes or threatens to cause physical harm to any
12    person;
13        (2) physically restrains or threatens to physically
14    restrain another person;
15        (3) abuses or threatens to abuse the law or legal
16    process;
17        (4) knowingly destroys, conceals, removes,
18    confiscates, or possesses any actual or purported passport
19    or other immigration document, or any other actual or
20    purported government identification document, of another
21    person;
22        (5) uses intimidation or exerts financial control over
23    any person; or
24        (6) uses any scheme, plan, or pattern intended to cause
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1    the labor or services, that person or another person will
2    suffer serious harm or physical restraint.
3    "Labor trafficking" means any act in which a person or
4entity knowingly (1) recruits, entices, harbors, transports,
5provides, or obtains by any means, or attempts to recruit,
6entice, harbor, transport, provide, or obtain by any means,
7another person, intending or knowing that the person will be
8subjected to involuntary servitude; or (2) benefits
9financially or by receiving anything of value from
10participating in a venture that has engaged in an act of
11involuntary servitude.
12    "Sex trade" means any act, which if proven beyond a
13reasonable doubt could support a conviction for a violation or
14attempted violation of any of the following Sections of the
15Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012: 11-14.3
16(promoting prostitution); 11-14.4 (promoting juvenile
17prostitution); 11-15 (soliciting for a prostitute); 11-15.1
18(soliciting for a juvenile prostitute); 11-16 (pandering);
1911-17 (keeping a place of prostitution); 11-17.1 (keeping a
20place of juvenile prostitution); 11-19 (pimping); 11-19.1
21(juvenile pimping and aggravated juvenile pimping); 11-19.2
22(exploitation of a child); 11-20 (obscenity); 11-20.1 (child
23pornography); or 11-20.1B or 11-20.3 (aggravated child
24pornography); or subsection (c) of Section 10-9 (trafficking in
25persons and involuntary sexual servitude of a minor).
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1genders and sexual orientations.
2    "Victim of the sex trade" means, for the following sex
3trade acts, the person or persons indicated:
4        (1) soliciting for a prostitute: the prostitute who is
5    the object of the solicitation;
6        (2) soliciting for a juvenile prostitute: the juvenile
7    prostitute, or person with a severe or profound
8    intellectual disability, who is the object of the
9    solicitation;
10        (3) promoting prostitution as described in subdivision
11    (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 11-14.3 of the Criminal
12    Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or pandering:
13    the person intended or compelled to act as a prostitute;
14        (4) keeping a place of prostitution: any person
15    intended or compelled to act as a prostitute, while present
16    at the place, during the time period in question;
17        (5) keeping a place of juvenile prostitution: any
18    juvenile intended or compelled to act as a prostitute,
19    while present at the place, during the time period in
20    question;
21        (6) promoting prostitution as described in subdivision
22    (a)(2)(C) of Section 11-14.3 of the Criminal Code of 1961
23    or the Criminal Code of 2012, or pimping: the prostitute
24    from whom anything of value is received;
25        (7) promoting juvenile prostitution as described in
26    subdivision (a)(2) or (a)(3) of Section 11-14.4 of the

 

 

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1    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or
2    juvenile pimping and aggravated juvenile pimping: the
3    juvenile, or person with a severe or profound intellectual
4    disability, from whom anything of value is received for
5    that person's act of prostitution;
6        (8) promoting juvenile prostitution as described in
7    subdivision (a)(4) of Section 11-14.4 of the Criminal Code
8    of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, or exploitation of a
9    child: the juvenile, or person with a severe or profound
10    intellectual disability, intended or compelled to act as a
11    prostitute or from whom anything of value is received for
12    that person's act of prostitution;
13        (9) obscenity: any person who appears in or is
14    described or depicted in the offending conduct or material;
15        (10) child pornography or aggravated child
16    pornography: any child, or person with a severe or profound
17    intellectual disability, who appears in or is described or
18    depicted in the offending conduct or material; or
19        (11) trafficking of persons or involuntary sexual
20    servitude of a minor : a "trafficking victim" as defined in
21    subsection (c) of Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code of 1961
22    or the Criminal Code of 2012.
23(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
24    (740 ILCS 128/15)
25    Sec. 15. Cause of action.

 

 

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1    (a) A victim of the sex trade, involuntary servitude, or
2labor trafficking may bring an action in civil court under this
3Act Violations of this Act are actionable in civil court.
4    (a-1) A legal guardian, agent of the victim, court
5appointee, or organization that represents the interests of or
6serves victims may bring a cause of action on behalf of a
7victim. An action may also be brought by a government entity
8responsible for enforcing the laws of this State.
9    (b) A victim of the sex trade has a cause of action against
10a person or entity who:
11        (1) recruits, profits from, or maintains the victim in
12    any sex trade act;
13        (2) intentionally abuses, as defined in Section 103 of
14    the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, or causes
15    bodily harm, as defined in Section 11-0.1 of the Criminal
16    Code of 2012, to a victim of the sex trade the victim in
17    any sex trade act; or
18        (3) knowingly advertises or publishes advertisements
19    for purposes of recruitment into sex trade activity.
20    (b-1) A victim of involuntary servitude or labor
21trafficking has a cause of action against any person or entity
22who knowingly subjects, attempts to subject, or engages in a
23conspiracy to subject the victim to involuntary servitude or
24labor trafficking.
25    (c) This Section shall not be construed to create liability
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1general public, who also provides those goods or services to
2persons who would be liable under subsection (b) of this
3Section, absent a showing that the person or entity either:
4        (1) knowingly markets or provides its goods or services
5    primarily to persons or entities liable under subsection
6    (b) of this Section;
7        (2) knowingly receives a higher level of compensation
8    from persons or entities liable under subsection (b) of
9    this Section than it generally receives from customers; or
10        (3) supervises or exercises control over persons or
11    entities liable under subsection (b) of this Section.
12    (d) The standard of proof in any action brought under this
13Section is a preponderance of the evidence.
14(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
15    (740 ILCS 128/20)
16    Sec. 20. Relief. A prevailing victim of the sex trade,
17involuntary servitude, or labor trafficking shall be entitled
18to all relief that would make him or her whole. This includes,
19but is not limited to:
20        (1) declaratory relief;
21        (2) injunctive relief;
22        (3) recovery of costs and attorney fees including, but
23    not limited to, costs for expert testimony and witness
24    fees;
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1    to:
2            (A) economic loss, including damage, destruction,
3        or loss of use of personal property, and loss of past
4        or future earning capacity, and, for a victim of
5        involuntary servitude or labor trafficking, any
6        statutorily required wages under applicable State or
7        federal law; and
8            (B) damages for death, personal injury, disease,
9        and mental and emotional harm, including medical,
10        rehabilitation, burial expenses, pain and suffering,
11        and physical impairment;
12        (5) punitive damages; and
13        (6) damages in the amount of the gross revenues
14    received by the defendant from, or related to, the sex
15    trade, involuntary servitude, or labor trafficking
16    activities of the plaintiff or the trafficking and
17    involuntary servitude of the plaintiff.
18(Source: P.A. 94-998, eff. 7-3-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
19    (740 ILCS 128/25)
20    Sec. 25. Non-defenses.
21    (a) It is not a defense to an action brought under this Act
22that:
23        (1) the victim of the sex trade, involuntary servitude,
24    or labor trafficking and the defendant had a marital or
25    consenting sexual relationship;

 

 

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1        (2) the defendant is related to the victim of the sex
2    trade, involuntary servitude, or labor trafficking by
3    blood or marriage, or has lived with the defendant in any
4    formal or informal household arrangement;
5        (3) the victim of the sex trade, involuntary servitude,
6    or labor trafficking was paid or otherwise compensated for
7    sex trade activity, labor, or other services;
8        (4) the victim of the sex trade engaged in sex trade
9    activity or had been subjected to involuntary servitude or
10    labor trafficking prior to any involvement with the
11    defendant;
12        (5) the victim of the sex trade, involuntary servitude,
13    or labor trafficking made no attempt to escape, flee, or
14    otherwise terminate contact with the defendant;
15        (6) the victim of the sex trade, involuntary servitude,
16    or labor trafficking consented to engage in acts of the sex
17    trade, labor, or other services;
18        (7) it was a single incident of activity; or
19        (8) there was no physical contact involved; or .
20        (9) a defendant has been acquitted or has not been
21    investigated, arrested, prosecuted, or convicted under the
22    Criminal Code of 2012 or has been convicted of a different
23    offense for the conduct that is alleged to give rise to
24    liability under this Act.
25    (b) Any illegality of the sex trade activity, labor, or
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1involuntary servitude, or labor trafficking shall not be an
2affirmative defense to any action brought under this Act.
3(Source: P.A. 94-998, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
4    (740 ILCS 128/45)
5    Sec. 45. No avoidance of liability. No person may avoid
6liability under this Act by means of any conveyance of any
7right, title, or interest in real property, or by any
8indemnification, hold harmless agreement, or similar agreement
9that purports to show consent of the victim of the sex trade,
10involuntary servitude, or labor trafficking.
11(Source: P.A. 94-998, eff. 7-3-06.)